FBI Chief Warns China Sees U.S. as Top Enemy
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover told a House subcommittee that Communist China regards the United States as its No 1 enemy and seeks to obtain scientific information here. He cited Chinese intelligence efforts, defections, and big numbers of Chinese seamen in Hong Kong and abroad as part of a broader threat to U.S. security.
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Hong Kong
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Middletown High Cheerleaders Shine At Marietta Clinic
Middletown High varsity cheerleaders placed high at the Smith-Wal bridge National Cheerleader Clinic in Marietta. The team never finished lower than second and won the Sparkplug Award for overall spirit. Ede Holiday Janis Ireland Lesa Davidson Barb Standley Lynne Simonson Rita Reynolds Rhonda Wardlow led the squad as 180 girls from Ohio West Virginia and Pennsylvania attended. The Middletown Boosters Club financed the trip.
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Middletown High School
Smith-Walbridge
Marietta
Ede Holiday
Janis Ireland
Lesa Davidson
Barb Standley
Lynne Simonson
Rita Reynolds
Rhonda Wardlow
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Round Town Conetens Round Town Conetens
Local notes feature a mix of ads and musings on summer fashion. Greathouse promotes McGrégor swim trunks and sun gear, First National Bank touts Savings Plus with 5 percent interest, Sears Roebuck offers central air, Peck's Flower Shop advertises bouquets, Reed Klopp's markets Beautyrest beds, Davidson's Photo Shops discusses Kodak finishing, Pickwick Shoppe shows Spode and Dalton knits, and Dalton fashion previews highlight Trevira polyester outfits for autumn.
Deaths and Funerals Military Rites For Byrd
Funeral services are set for 10 a.m. Wednesday at Grace Baptist Church for Frank T. Byrd 28 a Navy data processor who died from injuries in a Cleveland area auto crash. Burial will follow at Mound Cemetery Monroe. Byrd a native of Middletown served since 1960 and lived in Parma with his wife Barbara and 20 month old son Frank Jr. Friends may call McCoy Leffler Funeral Home tomorrow 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. and at the church after 9 a.m. Wednesday
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Frank T. Byrd
Grace Baptist Church
Howard Sears
Mound Cemetery
Monroe
Byrd
Cleveland
Parma
Interstate 71
Windale
Barbara
Frank Jr
Middletown
Arthur Byrd Fof Bryant
McCoy-Leffler Funeral Home
Infant Begley Services Set After Sudden Birth Death
Funeral services are scheduled for 10 a.m. tomorrow at McCoy Leffler Funeral Home for the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Begley of 2316 Byron St. Burial will be in Woodside Cemetery. The child died at 3 a.m. yesterday at Wright Patterson Air Force Base hospital, about 36 hours after birth. Surviving are the parents, paternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Curt Begley of Kentucky, and maternal grandparents Air Force M Sgt. and Mrs. Owen Begley of Denver, Colorado.
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Byron St
McCoy-Leffler
Ln Woodside Cemetery
Ant
Wright Patterson Air Force Base Hospital
Curt Begley
Kentucky
Air Force M
Owen Begley
Denver, Colo
Services for Mrs Gladys D Chaney Held in Dayton
Mrs Gladys D Chaney 58 of Dayton mother of John Hank Bowen Jr will have 1 p m service tomorrow at Tobias Funeral Home Dayton. Burial follows at Woodland Cemetery. Visitation today 3 5 and 7 9 p m. She died Friday at Miami Valley Hospital after an extended illness. Survived by daughter Mrs Loraine Huff two sisters two brothers and two grandchildren.
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Dayton
John Hank Bowen Jr
Middletown
Tobias
Woodland Cemetery
Chaney
Miami Valley Hospital
Loraine Huff
Mrs Callie Cornett Dies Amid Family Tragedy in Middletown
Mrs. Callie Edith Cornett 70 of 3103 Ottawa St died at Middletown Hospital after a three week illness linked to injuries from an auto crash three years earlier Her husband Alfred died in 1951 and their grandchildren Tina Cornett and two others survived along with four daughters and three sons with relatives across Middletown Trenton Franklin Miamisburg Florida and Kentucky.
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Ottawa St
Tina Cornett
Middletown Hospital
Cornett
Alfred
Tina
Alfred Cornett
Faye Hall
Christine Powers
Charlene Allen
Middletown
Lorrie Strain
Miamisburg
Elmer
Trenton
Hoppy
Franklin
James
James Bowman
Florida
Henry Crain
Menifee County
May
Boulevard Bids On City Agenda
City Commission will review bids for constructing the University Boulevard from Grand Avenue to Miami Avenue. A contractor could be selected and work may start this summer if approved.
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City Commission
University
Grand Avenue
Miami Avenue
Obituary for George O Downing 78 Middletown resident
George O. Downing 78 of 1132 Middletown Eaton Road died at 6 40 am yesterday at Middletown Hospital. He worked 22 years for Armco Steel before retiring and had farmed near Fayetteville. Survived by wife Lydia a son Robert four daughters a sister two brothers 13 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Services set for 10 30 am Wednesday at the Joseph with Rev Herschel Candill officiating burial in Woodside Cemetery. Funeral home will open 7 to 9 pm today.
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Middletown-Eaton Road
Middletown Hospital
Downing
Armco Steel Corp
Fayetteville
Middletown
Lydia
Robert
French Williams
Leroy Wellers
Stanley Fugate
Watertown
N.Y
William Farkas
Chicago
Charles Back
Oxford
Land Noah
Denniston
Joseph R. Baker & Sons
Herschel Candill
Woodside Cemetery
Death of James Kendall at 1113 First Ave
James Kendall aged 66 was found dead at his home at 1113 First Ave after a period of illness. The report notes two sisters as survivors.
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James Kendall
First Ave
Middletown Women Named In Death Notice
Mrs May Selby and Mrs Mallie Evans of Middletown listed in a funeral notice with arrangements incomplete at Joseph R Baker & Sons Funeral Home.
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May Selby
Mallie Evans
Middletown
Joseph R. Baker & Sons Funeral Home
Memorial service for Howard McGuire in Hamilton
Howard McGuire 69 of 1859 Wayne Madison Road Trenton will have a 2 p.m. Wednesday service at Webb Funeral Home Hamilton Burial follows at Butler County Memorial Park Thelma his wife survives with four sons Robert Hamilton Donald Marion Indiana Russell Vermillion Ohio and Larry Kalamazoo Funeral home visitation is tomorrow from 5 to 8 p.m. prior to services.
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Wayne-Madison Road
Trenton
Webb Funeral Home
Hamilton
Butler County Memorial Park
McGuire
Cincinnati
Thelma
Robert
Donald
Marion, Ind
Russell
Vermillion, Ohio
Larry
Kalamazoo
Apartment Fire Causes $800 Loss At Broad Street
Firefighters blamed a discarded cigarette for a blaze that damaged an upstairs bedroom at 131 N Broad St. The $800 total loss included $300 for furniture and $500 for real estate.
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N. Broad St
Family Ties Highlight Jobe Kin in Michigan Notice
A brief item notes a Michigan connection referencing a sister, Mrs. Eric Jobe, of Talmadge, signaling familial ties in a local notice.
Obituary of Taylor Wilson Middletown Fireman
Taylor Wilson 79 of 2008 Tytus Ave died on arrival at Middletown Hospital at 8 a.m. today. He worked as a fireman for Aeronca Inc before retiring and lived in Middletown for 57 years. Survived by three daughters, five brothers, a grandchild and a great grandchild. Funeral arrangements include a Thursday service at the Joseph with Rev Jack Adams and a funeral home viewing Wednesday 3–5 and 7–9 p.m.
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Tytus Ave
Middletown Hospital
Wilson
Aeronca ‘Inc
Middletown
Mirtie
Anna McCoy
Sarah Tomilson
Betty Wilson
Orient
George
Dave
Arnold
Springfield
Infant Son of Carlisle Couple Dies at Birth
Graveside services for the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Byer of 830 Jane Court Carlisle will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow at Woodside Cemetery. The child died at birth yesterday at St. Elizabeth Medical Center Dayton. Surviving are the parents three brothers Mrs Hubert Byer of Miamisburg and the maternal grandmother Mrs Charlotte Pennington of Jacksonville Fla.
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Carlisle
Lewis Byer
Jane Court
Woodside Cemetery
St. Elizabeth Medical Center
Dayton
Lewis E
Keith
Ronald
Hubert Byer
Miamisburg
Charlotte Pennington
Jacksonville
Fla
Mrs. Frances Wysong 73 Dies in Dayton Services Tomorrow
Mrs Frances J Wysong 73 of Dayton mother of Mrs Kay Warner Germantown will have services at 10 30 a m tomorrow at Hetrick Funeral Home Dayton Burial in Memorial Park Cemetery She died Friday at St Elizabeth Medical Center Also surviving are two sisters three grandchildren and two…
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Frances Wysong
Germantown
Frances J. Wysong
Dayton
Kay Warner
Hetrick Funeral Home
Memorial Park Cemetery
Wysong
St. Elizabeth Medical Center
Otterbein Receives Bequest From Middletown Woman
Miss Elizabeth Johnson born 1904 died Oct 8 1967 left 15798 to Otterbein Home between here and Monroe. She was Union Chapel United Methodist Church pianist and treasurer for 23 years, Armco Steel transcriber 42 years, active in Armco Girls. Estate handled by sisters Dorothy Krebs and Laura Spies.
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Middletown
Otterbein
Here
Monroe
Charles K. Dilgard
Elizabeth Johnson
Union Chapel United
Armco Steel Corp
Otterbein Home
Armco
Dorothy Krebs
Laura Spies
Patriotic Chuuist Given Summonses
James Mullarkey a 28 year old Bronx construction worker and former paratrooper was issued two summonses for parachuting into Van Cortlandt Park while flying an American flag in honor of Sgt Gerald J Dunne a Brooklyn native killed in Quang Ngai Province Vietnam The incident aimed to commemorate Independence Day and the flag had draped Dunnes coffin The summonses cite parachuting in the city limits and into a city park
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van Cortlandt Park
Vietnam
James Mullarkey
Bronx
Gerald J. Dunne
Brooklyn
Quang Ngai Province
Dunne
Mullarkey
Former Dragnet Star Dies
LOS ANGELES AP Alexander 58 the foot sore detective in Dragnet and the desk sergeant in Felony Squad a onetime child movie star and businessman was found dead Saturday in his home. The coroner's office said he had suffered a coronary occlusion.
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Los Angeles
Alexander
Felony Squad
Child Drowns in Backyard Pool Incident
In Columbus Ohio a one year old girl Bea Elkins drowned Sunday in a small backyard wading pool. Her mother Mrs. David Elkins, 26, said the child apparently fell into the pool while she was inside the house preparing a meal.
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Columbus, Ohio
Bea Elkins
David Elkins
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